This week`s solo Hindi release, the Chandrakant Singh directed Rajneesh, Tanisha, Rajpal and Shilpi starrer, `Be-Careful`, met with a poor response. The audience are obviously awaiting the Diwali extravaganza, `Ra.One`, and so have shut shop for now.

New Releases

Verdict: Flops

Weekly Earnings: -

Total Earnings: -

All the releases of last Friday, namely Nagesh Kukunoor directed `Mod`, Sanjay Leela Bhansali banner and UTV Motions Pictures’ `My friend Pinto`, Prashant Chadha’s `Azaan`, Y-Films’ `Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge` and `Jo Dooba So Paar - It`s Love In Bihar`, failed to make much of an impact. Yes, `Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge` did fare the best (comparatively) but still the collections were nothing to write home about as at the end of the day the film netted just 3.75 crores.

David Dhawan’s Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn starrer, `Rascals`, failed to capitalize on the good opening day (Dussehra) and the collections came down with each passing day. During the second week the collections have hit rock bottom. `Rascals` has also been rejected in the Overseas.

Love Breakups Zindagi

Verdict: Flop

Weekly Earnings: India Rs.1.50 crore

Total Earnings: India Rs.1.50 crore

Director: Saahil Saangha

Producer: Sahara Motion Pictures

Music: Salim-Sulaiman

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

Starring: Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza, Cyrus Saahukar, Tisca Chopra

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Meanwhile the Zayed-Diya starrer, `Love Breakups Zindagi`, showed some promise on the second day (Saturday) but it did not reflect in the numbers and the film has flopped.

Rajeev Khandelwal’s `Soundtrack` found the going tough from the first day and is a trade disaster.

Force

Verdict: Below avergae

Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 3.25 crore

Total Earnings: India Rs. 26.25 crore ; UK£135,000 ; US$105,000

Director: Nishikant Kamat

Producer: Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Music: Harris Jayaraj, Lalit Pandit

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

Starring: John Abraham, Genelia Dsouza, Raj Babbar & Mohnish Behl

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Though the collections crashed in the second week, comparatively speaking, during the second week Vipul Shah’s John Abraham starrer, `Force`, fared better than all the new releases except `Rascals`. But thanks to the non-theatrical rights the film will recover costs. `Force` though is a washout in the Overseas.